Kondei
Sign in to saveThe system was an institution developed by the Japanese Imperial court in Nara during the Nara and early Heian periods for the conscription and regulation of local paramilitary or militia forces. The kondei system was divided into regional administrative divisions overseen by .
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The system was an institution developed by the Japanese Imperial court in Nara during the Nara and early Heian periods for the conscription and regulation of local paramilitary or militia forces. The kondei system was divided into regional administrative divisions overseen by .
==Early history== The term "kondei" appears for the first time in the Nihon Shoki, although glossed as the native Japanese word , in the record for the 22nd day of the 7th month of 642 AD, the first year of the reign of Empress Kōgyoku.
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